Ah well Bridge, keep the grey cells turning and who knows?

Hey Teribus. Me a champagne socialist? Wow, I like that. Bridge, take note, I love being called a champagne socialist, (as opposed to the many armchair socialists here...)

No, I didn't get my wine cooler when I was in a union. I was only ever in one union, The NUM up till just after the strike when I buggered off to plough my own field. I possibly got the idea for a wine cooler when I was chief executive of a group of manufacturing companies and giving talks to CBI sponsored events and even once to The Adam Smith Institute. But there again, by mentioning my wine cooler, you have done a little research. Do some more and you will find I am a dirty rotten stinking capitalist after all.

In order to believe in supporting a social program through capitalism, don't make the mistake it means you also believe in greed, warfare, class or obnoxious right wing bullshit.

Ken Dodd got it right, (other than his tax affairs...) He said if you are not a socialist when you are 20, something is wrong. If you are still a socialist when you are 30, something is wrong.

And you're still bloody wrong 30 years after the "conflict" (as opposed to "war.")